JS - Comparing few js templates (v343)

Revision 343 of this benchmark created by Keets on

Description

comparing:

  • slab
  • underscore
  • jquery template
  • icanhaz
  • handlebars (1.0.0. beta 6, see here for updates: https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/downloads)
  • mustache
  • mustache compiled
  • dotT and old version of it dotU
  • mote

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://raw.github.com/gist/ad2ca6f18fed03a899c9/799ee05bd262f47232d248f9e9ea1077939411d6/slab.js"></script>

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script src="http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/underscore.js"></script>


<script src="https://raw.github.com/andyet/ICanHaz.js/master/ICanHaz.js"></script>

<script src="http://github.com/janl/mustache.js/raw/master/mustache.js"></script>

<script src="https://github.com/downloads/wycats/handlebars.js/handlebars-1.0.0.beta.6.js"></script>
<script src="http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/extras/coffee-script.js"></script>

<script src="http://github.com/jquery/jquery-tmpl/raw/master/jquery.tmpl.min.js"></script>

<script src="http://github.com/olado/doT/raw/master/doT.js"></script>

<script src="http://github.com/olado/doT/raw/master/doU.js"></script>

<script src="https://raw.github.com/satchmorun/mote/master/mote.js"></script>

<div class="pure">
        <h1 class='header'></h1>
        <h2 class='header2'></h2>
        <h3 class='header3'></h3>
        <h4 class='header4'></h4>
        <h5 class='header5'></h5>
        <h6 class='header6'></h6>
        <ul class='list'>
                <li class='item'></li>
        </ul>
</div>

<!-- script src="http://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js/raw/master/json2.js"></script -->

<script src="http://akdubya.github.com/dustjs/dist/dust-full-0.3.0.min.js"></script>

<script>
 window.micro = "<div><h1 class='header'><%= header %></h1><h2 class='header2'><%= header2 %></h2><h3 class='header3'><%= header3 %></h3><h4 class='header4'><%= header4 %></h4><h5 class='header5'><%= header5 %></h5><h6 class='header6'><%= header6 %></h6><ul class='list'><% for (var i = 0, l = list.length; i < l; i++) { %><li class='item'><%= list[i] %></li><% } %></ul></div>";

  window.mustacheTemplate = "<div><h1 class='header'>{{header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#list}}<li class='item'>{{.}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>";

  window.mustacheCompiled = Mustache.compile(mustacheTemplate);  
  window.moteCompiled = mote.compile(mustacheTemplate);

  window.handlebarsTemplate = Handlebars.compile("<div><h1 class='header'>{{header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#each list}}<li class='item'>{{this}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></div>");
  

  window.underscoreTemplate = _.template(micro);
    
  window.sharedVariables = {
   header: "Header",
   header2: "Header2",
   header3: "Header3",
   header4: "Header4",
   header5: "Header5",
   header6: "Header6",
   list: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10']
  };
  
   window.jQueryTemplate = $.template(null, "<div><h1 class='header'>{{html header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{html header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{html header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{html header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{html header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{html header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{each list}}<li class='item'>{{html $value}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></div>");

  window.slabTemplate = slab.compile("<div><h1 class='header'>{header}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{header2}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{header3}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{header4}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{header5}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{header6}</h6><ul class='list'>{each item in list}<li class='item'>{item}</li>{end}</ul></div>");
  
  window.doTtemplate = doT.template("<div><h1 class='header'>{{= it.header }}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{= it.header2 }}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{= it.header3 }}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{= it.header4 }}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{= it.header5 }}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{= it.header6 }}</h6><ul class='list'>{{ for (var i = 0, l = it.list.length; i < l; i++) { }}<li class='item'>{{= it.list[i] }}</li>{{ } }}</ul></div>");
  
  window.doUtemplate = doU.template("<div><h1 class='header'>{{= it.header }}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{= it.header2 }}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{= it.header3 }}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{= it.header4 }}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{= it.header5 }}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{= it.header6 }}</h6><ul class='list'>{{ for (var i = 0, l = it.list.length; i < l; i++) { }}<li class='item'>{{= it.list[i] }}</li>{{ } }}</ul></div>");
  
</script>

<script id="icanhaaazzz" type="text/html">
<div><h1 class='header'>{{header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#list}}<li class='item'>{{.}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>
</script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
Slab
slabTemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
Underscore.js Template
underscoreTemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
jQuery Templates
jQueryTemplate($, {
 data: sharedVariables
}).join("");
ready
Handlebars.js
handlebarsTemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
doT.js
doTtemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
doU.js
doUtemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
ICanHaz
ich.icanhaaazzz(sharedVariables);
ready
mustache compiled
mustacheCompiled(sharedVariables);
ready
mote compiled
moteCompiled(sharedVariables);
ready
Mustache.js Template
Mustache.to_html(mustacheTemplate, sharedVariables);
ready

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